Sentence examples for approached completion from inspiring English sources

In contrast, reactors built in the 1960s, '70s and '80s obtained construction permits and then, as their plants approached completion, went back and sought permits to run them.

As the opus approached completion, a button was touched that should have been left untouched, and whoosh – not a word was ever recovered.

As he approached completion of his Ph.D., however, he noticed that his interest was waning.

The transitional nature of such a lift of world trade relative to world real GDP, even as the latter grew substantially, stemmed from the inevitable tendency of both starting to rise more in line once the intense transformation approached completion.

As their work approached completion, the ISG had sent ministers a 'near to final' draft of the report on 23rd May, but received little or no feedback.

In November 1869 The New York Tribune carried a notice that "Mr. Rutherford Stuyvesant's new building... is now rapidly approaching completion.

The project was approaching completion when the recession hit, and new ventures like the luxury condos at the Marriott/Ritz-Carlton have struggled.

One World Trade Center, finally approaching completion after 13 years of trauma and backbiting, has become a familiar, serene sight to New Yorkers – from a distance, at least.

To the distress of many local residents a 20-story, 300-unit rental apartment tower is approaching completion on the southeast corner of the grounds.

From another perspective, this is the moment for the feast before the famine: the impending deadline means that a surge of projects are approaching completion.

The approaching completion of the Malaysian refinery, with the capacity to meet a fifth of the world's demand, has contributed to the plunge.